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Researchers for Global Health (R4GH)

Welcome as a new member of the network MMS

Researchers for Global Health (R4GH) The association "Researchers for Global Health (R4GH)" is a new member organisation of the network MMS and is a joint initiative of researchers of the University of Zurich and the Institute of Infectious Diseases (IDI) of the Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. Joint research, education and clinical care activities are focusing on global health challenges. They want to work together as equal partners and benefit from the mutual experiences. There are currently two active research projects, both at the IDI in Kampala, investigating the effects of HIV and TB drugs, and focusing on further questions about these two diseases. It is planned to include non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as well as "one-health" pathologies and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in their field of research.

ESTHER Switzerland New Call for Proposals 2017

ESTHER Switzerland is a network of institutions that engages Swiss hospitals and other institutions in effective and sustainable North-South partnerships. ESTHER partnerships strengthen the capacity of the health workforce and institutions to provide quality health services for people in low and middle-income countries, with a focus on universal health care coverage and strengthening health services.

Call for proposals 2017

The new ESTHER Switzerland Call for Proposals 2017 is now open. You can find more information about it here: https://www.esther-switzerland.ch/grants/ Please read the “Guidelines for submission of proposals 2017” available on the Navigation bar on the right side of this page, where you will also find the new Application Forms 2017.The Deadline for Submission of proposals is Monday, August 21st, 2017, at 12h00 CET.

Improving Health of Nomadic Populations in Chad

Swiss TPH In Chad, over 78% of the total population lives in rural areas. Accessing health services is often difficult given long distances, a limited number of health centres, shortages of qualified health workers and insufficient medical equipment. Nomadic populations in particular suffer from the consequences of limited access to health services. Swiss TPH, together with its partners, currently implements a project in two districts in Chad to improve health of rural and nomadic populations. (Photo: Swiss TPH)

Executive Course: Global Health Diplomacy

12/06/2017 / Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, Geneva

Negotiating Health in an interdependent World

Graduate Institute of International and Developoment Studies Diplomacy is undergoing profound changes in the 21st century – and global health is one of the areas where this is most apparent. The negotiation processes that shape and manage the global policy environment for health are increasingly conducted not only between public health experts representing health ministries of nation states but include many other major players at the national level and in the global arena. These include philanthropists and public-private players. As health moves beyond the purely technical to become an ever more critical element in foreign policy, security policy and trade agreements, new skills are needed to negotiate global regimes, international agreements and treaties, and to maintain relations with a wide range of actors. The course focuses on health diplomacy as it relates to health issues that transcend national boundaries as well as how they are being addressed by different groups and at different levels of governance. Duration of the course: Intensive five-day course with world-renowned faculty and leading practitioners. Course Directors: Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Prof Gian Luca Burci and Dr Michaela Told. Apply before Monday, 24 April 2017. Email: globalhealthdiplomacy@graduateinstitute.ch

Urban Africa - Urban Africans: New encounters of the rural and the urban

29/06/2017 / Basel, Switzerland

7th European Conference on African Studies

Centre for African Studies Basel The Centre for African Studies Basel and the Swiss Society for African Studies welcome you to the 7th European Conference on African Studies ECAS 2017 with the theme: Urban Africa - Urban Africans: New encounters of the rural and the urban, which they organise on behalf of the Research Network of African Studies Centres in Europe AEGIS.
(...) The Centre for African Studies Basel is a coordinated research network at the University of Basel including further institutions such as the Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Mission 21 or the Swiss Tropic and Public Health Institute. It promotes Africa-related teaching at the university and offers MA and PhD programmes in African Studies as well as an advanced studies Certificate in African Affairs. With its joint research theme Living the City the Centre has been at the forefront of research on urban Africa.

Medical Priorities & Clinical Tropical Medicine in South East Asia

03/09/2017 / Vientiane, Laos

3 September - 15 September 2017

Swiss TPH The course is designed for physicians specialized in infectious diseases who want to expand their clinical knowledge by the spectrum of clinical tropical medicine in South East Asia. The course is offered by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), an associated institute of the University of Basel, in collaboration with the Mahosot Hospital (Vientiane, Laos); the Wellcome Trust – Mahosot Hospital – Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration; the University of Pavia, Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases; IRCCS S. Matteo Hospital Foundation (Pavia, Italy), and the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University (Bangkok, Thailand).

ICRD 2017: Evidence. Engagement. Policies.

05/09/2017 / University of Bern’s UniS Building, Bern, Switzerland

Research for Sustainable Development

International Conference on research for Development The conference offers a platform for researchers, policymakers, civil society, and others to come together and engage in creative dialogue and concerted action. ICRD 2017 will focus on research for sustainable development, in particular on improving our understanding of how evidence can support policies for transformation in countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This includes considering how the scientific community responds to knowledge needs, how decision-makers involve researchers, how evidence-based policymaking can be realized, and how alternative, non-linear science–policy–practice interactions might look. We encourage creative, interdisciplinary, and interactive contributions offering visionary, transformative pathways to sustainable development worldwide. One of the topics will be: "How can we ensure that health, food systems, and sustainable agricultural systems mutually reinforce one another to better support people’s livelihoods and well-being?"

10th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH)

16/10/2017 / Antwerp, Belgium

European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health ECTMIH ECTMIH brings together scientists and experts from Europe and from all over the world, including many delegates from low and middle income countries. This biennial event is patronised by FESTMIH, the Federation of European Societies of Tropical Medicine and International Health. In 2017, the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Institute (ITM) and the Belgian Platform for International Health (Be-Cause Health) will join hands with FESTMIH for the festive 10th edition. Building on the successes of previous meetings, it will consolidate ECTMIH's standing as Europe's leading conference and networking event in its field.

Fourth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health

13/11/2017 / Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland

Building the health workforce of the future

Global Forum on Human Resources for Health The global community is presented with an unprecedented challenge and an opportunity: to avert a potential 18 million health worker shortfall and shape increasing demand for additional health and social workforce jobs. In doing so, we will make progress towards universal health coverage and global health security while also contributing to gains across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (e.g. quality education, gender equality, reduced inequalities, decent jobs and inclusive economic growth).

How to Plan Successfully? A Focus on Priority Setting, Resource Allocation and Strategic Planning for Health

14/11/2017 / Ifakara, Tansania

14 November - 2 December 2017

Swiss TPH The course introduces the basic principles of strategic programme and project design and management, taking into consideration local, district, national and international/global evidence and realities and health system strengthening needs. It focuses on priority setting and practical aspects of the planning and implementation process, through the use of a simulation exercise and computer based support. Designed as a refresher course for professionals working in the field of programme and project planning, design and evaluation, the course is also open to participants with a DAS Health Care and Management in Tropical Countries (or equivalent) and is an optional module within the joint Master of Advanced Study in International Health.

Health in detention

04/12/2017 / Basel

4 - 8 December 2017

Swiss TPH Health in detention is a one-week course offered by Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), an associated institute of the University of Basel, in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This course is open to participants working in the field of health in detention, nationally or internationally, and uses a multi-disciplinary approach to bring together academia, clinical, public health and legal experts.

Health Care and Management in Tropical Countries

20/03/2017 / Swiss TPH in Basel, Switzerland

Swiss TPH This 3 months full time course aims at introducing participants to the fundamentals of international health with a range of skills and knowledge needed to work as a member of a district management team. The participatory course is designed for people who already have a first qualification in a health-related profession, and at least two years professional experience.

Offres d'emploi

Medical Nurse/ Trainer in Kamanga, Tansania 100%

3 years

INTERTEAM As a part of the INTERTEAM Country Programme Tanzania we contribute significantly to the improvement of access to comprehensive quality health care services and quality education provision for children and youth with disabilities or other special needs. To support the above-mentioned Health Centre we are looking for a professional who is able to conduct the following tasks: -To get to know the local staff at the Health Centre and to assess constructively their level of training and skills, identifying gaps in a sensitive and non-critical manner. - To assist in the design of a training programme to address identified gaps in knowledge and skills. -To train local medical staff directly in a cultural sensitive manner where possible. - To support the work of the daily patient care. - If appropriate to seek volunteers who could address other gaps in training and to assist in recruiting them. - To liaise with other institutions and networks to develop and share areas of best practice. E-Mail: info@interteam.ch

Santé internationale: sujets, débats, outils

A Change of Guard at the WHO

Council on Foreign Relations "With the United States likely to pull back on global health funding, the World Health Organization, under its new director-general, will need to undertake serious structural and administrative changes.

For the first time in its seventy-year history, the World Health Organization (WHO) will, effective July 1, be led by a nonphysician, an African, and a person from the global South. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia campaigned in an unprecedented election that gave 186 nations equal voice and saw three globetrotting candidates plead their cases. In the past, the director-general of the WHO was selected in a secretive and elite process by the thirty-four members of its executive committee. This year, the entire World Health Assembly voted in three rounds of written, secret ballots; Tedros, as he prefers to be called, emerged victorious on May 23 carrying two-thirds of the votes." (Photo: Ethiopia: African Leadership for Child Survival/UNICEF Ethiopia/flickr; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

“Appendix III” is critical for accelerating progress on NCDs

PLOS BLOGS In 2011 the first United Nations high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases took place. So far, the UN Member States have failed to meet their commitments and, especially in the developing countries, the targets set in 2011 will not be reached until the next high-level meeting in 2018.

A document in the NCD Action Plan with the unassuming official name "Appendix III" has now been updated at the WHA and is the main technical document that countries utilise when developing national NCD plans and policies. This updated version reflects the latest evidence, for example, taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) to prevent overweight and obesity. As this is contrary to certain economic interests, a few member states insists against the document. (Photo: Sweets/Nicu Buculei / flickr; CC BY-SA 2.0)

Human rights approach is essential to improve the health of women and children

Report of the High-Level Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents

World Health Organisation (WHO) The working group's report stresses that governments do not pay enough attention to the link between health and human rights and should invest much more in the implementation of human rights, in particular to improve the health of women, children and adolescents. If we do not put human rights and the right to health, which are mutually dependent, at the center of our work, we will not reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, warns the high-level commission. As an example, they remind at the current threats to the sexual and reproductive rights of women and adolescence worldwide, including the right of safe abortion, which attack the hard-won advantages. (Photo: The wedding night: "It was such a shock" / DFID / flickr, CC BY 2.0)